The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-02
THREATENED BY A MOB.
RENEWAL OF THE LONGSHoRE-
MEMS STRIKE.

increase in wages, and struck TO force tho
stevedores TO grant IT, The matter dragged
along for some time and finally there was a
sort of compromise, the men receiving the
wages they wanted but not the other CON
cessions that were asked for. Matters have
run along in that way for more than a
month Some of the stovedorcs have been
working union men only, while others have
employed both union and non-union men.
THE OLD FIGHT RENEWED.
The lumber merchants have been taking
Appointment part in the matter and have
been fighting the demand of the longshore
men ms hard as they could. Dale, Dixon q
Co have had the hardest tusslc, The cap
tains TO whose vessels they have been fur
nishing cargocs, have made determined
stand against the strikers and declared their
intention Of laying up here until Christmas
rather than give in. Mr. T. b. Thompson,
of MCDonough n Co, Went to the captains
10 whose vessels his firm was selling and
urged them not 10 aCcede 10 the strikers, de-
mandS, but the captains wanted 10 load and
get out, 50 they declined 10 comply with the
request and paid the men what they asked,
For that reason McDonough ~ Co. have had
no trouble until within day or two, but
the captains they are now furnishing are as
firm rs the others and every vessel ut the
wharves Is against the strikers.
THE POLICE ORDERED oUr.
Ii was not known that any trouble was
anticipated until q o'clock yesterday morn
ing, when Sergt Reilly and three mounted
policemen, followed by nine patrolmen
armed with rifles and fixed baYOnets,
marched out of the police barracks and
turned oaSt on South Broad street BY
the time they reached East Broad everyone
in the neighborhOOd knew that something of
a serious nature was ON foot The negroes
from the Old Fort turned out, and IL seemed
that every rat hole in the ward must have
given up score, for they lined each side of
the street.
THE STRIKERS DISPERsE,
The police went in the direction of the
Savannah, Florida and Western wharveS,
and as they turned down the railroad track
they saw n number of the longShoremen
standing in knots and groups. As they
drew nearer the number gradually grew
smaller and by the time they had heen
stationed at their posts not IA striker was To
he seen. They had vanished as completely
as il they had melted into thin air. They
remained, however, ON the outskirts during
greater portion Of the day.
After work had been fairly started, and it
became evident that there would be no
trouble during the day, the police went back
10 headquarters. The strikers remained in
the vicinity, and parties who met them
brought IN the reports that they throatened
an ATTACK IN the evening when the on-uni0n
men quit work.
THREATENED ny THE STRIKERS
They threatened the workmon, the yard
men and the merchants, and il was geuer-
ally understood that at 6 O'Clock there
would Ike pretty sharp battle. The non
union men did not seem to heei the warn
ing, however, for they worked steadily and
were rs little concerned rs they could he
about the prospects If the rumpus. n short
while before dinner the union men,
who had been kept at work, quit and said
they Were going 10 attend a meeting Of
the Lumbermens Association They
started of, and did not return TO work dur
ing the day.
THE POLICE OCT AGAIN.
The afternoon passed quietly enough and
there Were no demonstrations whatever
About $50 O'Clock Sorgt. Reilly went down
to the wharVes with the same squad he had
In the morning. The nine patrolmen were
stationed ON the bridge over the Bilbo canal
and the mounted men went down to the
vessels. As = O'Clock approached the
negrOeS who had been hanging on
the outskirts began T. increase in
numbers and watched the nom
union men 10 See which route they would
take in going home Mr. Merritt Dixon, of
Dale, Dixon y Co., collected his men together
and started them up the road in "a bunch
following close behind with Mr.. Thompson
anu the mounted police. The prOCeSSion
was not interfere0 with The strikers,
about 100 yards Il the left, moved in the
same direction. The bridge was the objec-
tive point, and unless attack was made be
fore reaching il, the police saw that none
would BE- made at all 1t is half
mile from the wharVeS To the
bridge, and the men travelled over the dis
tance in a very short time. When the
bridge was finally reached there was no sign
Of trouble The strikers had disappeared
and NOT one was TO be sen.
CAUSE OF THE OUTBREAK.
The cause of the new outbreak was
the action Of steveiore named Grant,
who was loading the bark Charmer. He
was working both union and non union
men, the latter being entirely new and I'M
familiar with that kind of labor. They
WORKED hard and loA,lSl very fair amount
OF luinber. The union men worked idly
and did not do more than ON p half the work
the green hands We're dong, although they
were receiving nearly twice the wages.
Grant stood this for several DAYS but found
ont that az the rate work was going ON ht
would not receive enough from the ship Il
A0ako up what he would pay cut IN wages,
and ON THURSDAY morning he discharged the
Union mon and filled their places with
green hands
TIN CRISIS REACHED
This brought matters % a crisis Ii he
came evident thar the demands had 10 M
acceded 70 or the matter must b fought out
once for all The strikers also rraliz,d that
this was 10 be- the final contest. and they
collected ON the wharveS during the after,
noon They wanted a chance ~ catch tn,
''ScabS," and they wanted Mr. Dixon They
said that he was the cause OF the trouble
that he had been fighting them from IN,
first, employing ''SCahS" and working then
not only on his own vessels, but on th0>, ol
other merchants whenever they wautat
hhorerS Mr.. Dixon thoy considered tElil
arch enemy.
When the non-,nion mon stopped WORK
they started toward their homes They
were followed by Mr.. Dixon IN his buggy
When they peached the canal bridge the,
met crowd Of about go strikers who wer,
waiting for them
SURROUNDED BY A NOR
The strikers started for the men, hut S,e
ing MIR. Dixon they turned toward him
surrounding his buggy and rursing an,
abusing HIM in a most violent manner
threatening his life and telling him that i
he darNd leave his buggy they would l,il
him. Mr. Dixon was not armed and wa.
completely AZ their money. but he paid II,
attention 20 their threats. using all hi
Efforts "a get his horse through the crowd
lie managed 10 keep the horse moving q